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Where does “Brabants” come from?

Brabants (Dutch) comes from Dutch Brabant, from Middle Dutch brabant, from Old Dutch brākbant, from Proto-Germanic banti, from Dutch band, from English band, from German band, from French bande.

Brabants (Dutch): Brabantian

Definitions

  1. Brabantian

Ancestry of “Brabants”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchBrabant—
2Middle DutchbrabantBrabant
3Old Dutchbrākbant—
4Proto-Germanicbantidistrict, region
5Dutchbandconnection, liaison, bond; band; tire/tyre
6EnglishbandA strip of material used for strengthening or...
7Germanbandpast of binden
8Frenchbandeband, strip; stripe; strip
9Frenchlàthere; here, present
10Italianlàthere
11Spanishlathe; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,...
12Portugueseláthere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
13Old Portugueseala—
14Latinillacthat way, that side, there, along that path, in...
15Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
16Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
17LatinolleArchaic form of ille
18Proto-Italic*olnos—
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